Copyright Lately

MAY 13, 2022

Josh Hawley’s proposed copyright legislation is riddled with problems, but you wouldn’t know that from most media reports about the bill. Disney Doesn’t Have Any “Special Copyright Protections” “No more handouts for woke corporations,” Hawley’s May 10 tweet announcing his bill declared.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

With more content comes the increased possibility that Netflix is engaging in copyright infringement and on the receiving end of copyright infringement claims. [1] 1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States. SETTLEMENT CASES.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 3, 2022

The University of Cyprus, together with the Horizon 2020 project reCreating Europe , funded by the European Commission, is conveying the conference “Rethinking copyright flexibilities”. We welcome contributions that address the following topics in an EU and comparative perspective: copyright exceptions and limitations.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

However, this gives a grand legal question: who has the right to copyright AI-created works? This has to do with the application of copyright to works made through AI. Traditional Copyright Framework and Its Limitations Copyright law is fundamentally based on three principles: Authorship : The creator of a work owns the copyright.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings. In this post, SpicyIP intern Niyati Prabhu discusses the issues surrounding access to law and the dilemma surrounding copyright. Niyati Prabhu is a second year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Late 2020, Senator Thom Tillis released a discussion draft of the “Digital Copyright Act” (DCA), which aims to be a successor to the current DMCA. This is a sensitive subject that previously generated quite a bit of pushback when the EU drafted its Copyright Directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

The so-called “conditional irresponsibility” of online content-sharing service providers (OCSSPs) with regards to copyright infringements is a never-ending, vexing, and daunting topic not only for scholars (see here , here , here and here ), but also for the European Court of Justice itself (CJEU). Overview of the Egyptian Copyright Law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v. Google, Inc.

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IPilogue

MAY 6, 2022

Dua Lipa’s 2020 pop hit “Levitating” is facing copyright infringement lawsuits as of March 2022. Copyright infringement proceedings are the best course of action for instances of song stealing, but are often expensive and difficult to win, as a complainant must demonstrate more than ‘alike sounds’ or ‘similar vibes’.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 21, 2021

Copyright protection entails a balance between the interests of authors in having monopolistic protection and economic incentives to encourage the production of works, and the interests of the public in having unrestricted access to certain kinds of information. [i] By: Sam Hayes. In Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. ,

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Netflix eventually settled with Chooseco in late 2020 after unsuccessfully arguing on grounds related to trademark law and fair use allowances. . Photo retrieved from Tubefilter.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Canadian copyright lobby groups effort to persuade the government to restrict fair dealing has often focused on a particular use case: the course pack. Copyright lobby groups and their supporters have long claimed that the practice relies on fair dealing and that universities are profiting from copying without compensation.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

History has shown that copyright holders tend to be wary of new technologies that disrupt the status quo. From the printing press, through cassette tapes, to online video streaming services, all were seen as major threats to the revenues of copyright holders at some point. ” another question reads.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 18, 2023

In a case that could have some lasting impact, the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a 2020 ruling by Judge Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District of Texas dismissing claims that a competitor infringed non-literal elements of the plaintiff’s software.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2022

Breyer notes that, in 2020, the public domain library Project Gutenberg was blocked in its entirety in Italy because some content allegedly violated local laws. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. ” This type of collateral damage is not just hypothetical. Borderless Backbone.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

In its response to the FOIA request, Greater Manchester Police reveal that the number of people cautioned, fined and/or arrested for simply watching illegal streams in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 combined, was… zero.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Making AI as a separate legal entity may prompt to copyright infringement to those who provide the said data or information in public domain.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

In a case that could have some lasting impact, the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a 2020 ruling by Judge Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District of Texas dismissing claims that a competitor infringed non-literal elements of the plaintiff’s software. Because SAS failed to do so, Judge Gilstrap dismissed SAS’s claim.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2023

With no announcements from Sky or the Premier League, and the associated court orders not yet in the public domain, the scope of the Sky order remains unclear. An order covering the 2019/2020 season ran out on July 27, 2020 , but was quickly followed by a “sealed order” covering the 2020/2021 season.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The primary goal of copyright law is to safeguard the interests of creators of original, publishable works. The purpose of copyright protection is to make sure that the artist reaps the rewards of creating their original work and that no one else benefits unfairly from it. The Copyrights Act of 1957 regulates copyright law in India.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2023

The mapping produced a wealth of data and findings, which are systematized in a dataset available on the user-friendly website www.copyrightflexibilities.eu , and analyzed in a report downloadable from Zenodo , SSRN or ResearchGate , entitled “Copyright Flexibilities: Mapping and Comparative Assessment of EU and National Sources”.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Internet Archive (read the opinion here) , the court dealt a decisive blow to the Internet Archive, ruling that its practice of scanning and lending digital copies of books doesn’t qualify as fair use under the Copyright Act. million additional books protected by valid copyrights. At least, that was the idea. It also includes 3.6

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Most prominently, through its 2020 report, IBM stated that several patents granted to them in 2017 also comprised of blockchain patents. Interestingly enough, copyrights play a pivotal role in the NFT market. The copyrights that subsist on an NFT are also governed with the help of a smart contract.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2022

And, once a patent expires (or is refused or forfeited by public use), the balance allows “free access to copy whatever the federal patent and copyright laws leave in the public domain.” ” Compco Corp. Day–Brite Lighting, Inc. , 234 (1964). ” In re Jackson , 972 F.3d 3d 25 (2d Cir.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2020

On 27 April 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ( Supreme Court ) handed down its decision in Georgia Et Al v Public Resource Org, Inc. The Supreme Court held that works authored by legislators in their legislative capacity were ineligible for copyright protection. What was copyrighted?

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

book publishers, rejecting the Internet Archive’s argument that its practice of scanning and lending digital copies of books qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act. But the first sale doctrine only provides an exception to a copyright owner’s distribution right. million additional books protected by valid copyrights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 29 October 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a public consultation looking at how the copyright and patent regimes should deal with artificial intelligence. This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. Photo by Rock’n Roll Monkey on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

This two-part blog post offers a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. This suggests that ML algorithms may increasingly be employed for copyright content moderation given their alleged superiority in identifying (understanding?) often requires authorization under EU copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Whether one focuses on the word’s connotation of silliness or excitement, or maybe even anger , or analogizes to the raucous and rhymingly-named team from Savannah that makes up its own baseball rules , US copyright law is currently going a little “bananas.” In fact, lots is happening. ” Id. Newman, 959 F.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Context Copyright can be challenging for cultural institutions (or “GLAM“ for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) when pursuing digitization and dissemination activities, as copyright governs whether a given work can be used and if so, how (as shown in recent studies for museums , archives or libraries ). Proposal 1.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In an interesting turn of events, the Delhi High Court in Sujatha Chaudhri Vs Swarupa Ghosh ruled in favour of Sujata Chaudhri of Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys in a trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and passing off suit restricting another intellectual property lawyer Swarupa Ghosh from using a deceptively similar logo.

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SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

The series presently contains 50+ Copyright related empirical studies and 50+ Patent related empirical studies published over the period of the last 15 years, and this will continue to be expanded over time. They further argued that they had issued a cease and desist notice on 6th November, 2020 to which no response was received.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

There are different legislations and acts such as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, Copyright (Amendment) Act 1999, The Trademark Act 1999, The Designs Act 2005, and many more to regulate and protect India’s intellectual property rights. Software and text-based HTML code used on websites may be protected by copyrights or patents.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

On December 22, 2020, Senator Thom Tillis released the first discussion draft of the Digital Copyright Act of 2021 (“DCA” or the “Act”): an amendment to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). First, “lowering the specificity with which copyright owners must identify infringing material in certain circumstances.”

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Board disagreed, observing that "[c]onsumers, like competitors, may have a real interest in keeping merely descriptive or generic words in the public domain." Corcamore , 2020 USPQ2d 11277, at *6-7; cf. Text Copyright John L. Rebecca Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc. Opposition No. Welch 2021.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Union of India and Others [2019 SCC OnLine Del 11867 : (2020) 81 PTC 489] its was rightfully observed in para 10 that : “In today’s digital world, when most inventions are based on computer programs, it would be retrograde to take a view that all such inventions would not be patentable. Should you go for Patents or Copyrights?

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